Spontaneous pneumothorax as the first manifestation of lung cancer: Two case report
- 주제(키워드) Lung cancer , Pneumothorax
- 등재 SCIE, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 Pioneer Bioscience Publishing
- 발행년도 2015
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000119238
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.07.31
- 저작권 이화여자대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP), as the first manifestation of lung cancer, is relatively rare, with reported occurrence rate of between 0.03% and 0.05%. The mechanism of concurrent pneumothorax with lung cancer is not clear, however several theories were proposed, including tumor necrosis mechanism and rupture of the bulla which contains tumor. We herein report two cases of lung cancer, in which the initial manifestations was only limited to SP. Without any radiologic abnormalities preoperatively, wedge resection of bullatous lung and subsequent histologic study followed. Pathologic study revealed the presence of bullatous change of the lung and combined lung cancer. © Journal of Thoracic Disease.
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